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Nikkei Asian Review: Malaysia asks Japan for yen loan to solve financial woes
Original Article: Nikkei Asian Review: Malaysia asks Japan for yen loan to solve financial woes by CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer June 12, 2018 18:12 JST Cover Photo by Uichiro Kasai Malaysia is seeking for a loan from Japan, in their bid to divert away from toxic loans/investment from China. ( Read more: Malaysia Tipping The Power Balance…
Kim-Trump Summit: A Quick Highlight
President Trump claims he achieved a significant step in the denuclearization process by signing an agreement with North Korea, confirming its commitment toward the destruction of the country nuclear arsenal Image Source ((https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-singapore-agreement-signed-by-trump-and-kim/)) – YouTube Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world…
Kim-Trump Summit, Here’s What Happened So Far
Image Source: 960theref.com The highly anticipated meeting between the leader of the reclusive hermit kingdom and President Donald Trump of the United States of America is about to start in just a day from now (and might even be taking place by the time you are reading the article.) Before such a historical moment…
Why Singapore? For the Kim-Trump Summit
“Singapore is in the spotlight, as US President Donald J Trump and North Korean Leader, Kim Jong-Un descend upon the island city-state. For many people around the world, who do not know Singapore well, may be wondering: why Singapore? First and foremost, the most important reason is… DIPLOMATICALLY PERFECT Singapore is being seen as…
South Korea’s Fight for Comfort Women Against Japan Is Hypocritical and Further Damages Its Future Relations With It
Read anything about South Korean politics and foreign affairs, and it doesn’t take much to find that North Korea and Japan are the two countries which it has had the most thorny relations within its history and still does to this day. Some of the reasons behind them are very well justified, others not so…
Kim-Trump Summit: What if it fails
If you had read my previous article on Kim Jong-Un: The Age Of Kim Jong-Un And His Secret Agenda, I have put on a relatively strong case as to why this upcoming meeting between US President Donald J Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong-Un, would be nothing but a raving success. But let’s take…
Malaysia tipping the power balance away from China in South East Asia
One of the most immediate impact of Malaysia’s General Election on the geopolitics on the world stage, is the tipping the balance of power away from China, in South East Asia. In recent years, China had been banking on Cambodia, Laos, and to a smaller extend Malaysia, to break up the unity within ASEAN (Association…
“Mahathir”, the Pakatan’s regressive gamble
On 8 January 2018, the Malaysian Opposition alliance “Pakatan Harapan” announced Mahathir Mohamed, the former leader of the incumbent, and the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, as the alliance’s prime ministerial candidate in the coming Malaysian General Elections, that is to be held on the 9th May 2018 (4 days from this article). From my…
Thailand and The Secret War in Laos
Thailand is famous as the site of American airbase during the Vietnam War. However, the story I am about to tell is a rare tales about this country involvement in the Secret War in Laos against the forces of the North Vietnamese Army, told by several veterans of the conflicts who share their priceless experiences in this online…
Contrast between 2 Dictators
The geopolitical world of recent weeks, 2 main “flashpoint” that is capturing everyone’s attention, is without doubt: North Korea and Syria. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by KCNA/AFP/Getty Images, Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images. However the destiny and treatment from USA of this 2 states can’t be more different from one another. In East Asia, North Korea’s…
Why China imports soybeans from the US?
source: https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/usa/chn/show/2016/ The entire squabble between Beijing and Trump, where they slap tariffs on each other like its just same children game, had shine the spotlight on one particular item, that China had just slap the tariff on: Soybean. A quick search on the MIT’s Observatory of Economic Complexity app, you will find the above visualisation (screenshot)…
The Age of Kim Jong-Un and his Secret Agenda
North Korea finally met their match in US President Donald Trump, as their decades-old strategy of faking concession, threatening war, and giving false promises in exchange for valuable financial and material aids, failed to take off in dramatic fashion, as Trump went tit for tat for every single threat issued by North Korea – and…
The Turkish Pivot
On 24th November 2015, the Turkish air force shot down a Russian Su-24 over the Turkish-Syrian border, in what the world would have considered the boldest act commited by any side in the entire conflict – only ISIS’ decision to actually hold ground and somewhat rule over their conquered territory; and that long train of…
Prime Ministerial race to divide the PAP?
This is an essay that had been circulating around in the social media as well as in private networks like Whatsapp, which a quick research had shown that it is first published by State Times Review (source: http://statestimesreview.com/2018/01/03/source-chan-chun-sing-leading-the-pm-race-over-heng-swee-keat/) According to a source close with the ruling party PAP, a fierce behind-closed-doors infighting is the real…
Most of the world unites against USA’s Jerusalem embassy move
The world unites and railed against US President Trump’s move of the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. As mentioned in the previous article (here), USA had issued threats to all the countries that are receiving foreign aids from the USA to not vote against United States. While the 128 favour vs 9 against sounds…
Trump promises vengeance against UN member voters
At the UN we're always asked to do more & give more. So, when we make a decision, at the will of the American ppl, abt where to locate OUR embassy, we don't expect those we've helped to target us. On Thurs there'll be a vote criticizing our choice. The US will be taking names.…
Do not worry, Israel – Malaysia is not going to war with you
On 9 December 2017, in reaction to the recognition of Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel by US President Donald J Trump, the Malaysian Defense Minister, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein shock the world by claiming that the Malaysian military is ready to set out to Jerusalem as soon as the order is received from the…
Jerusalem: The first step towards long term peace in Israel-Palestine
In my opinion, this is the right step forward towards resolving the long time conflict between Israel and Palestine. Denying the number 1 thing that Israel want, will only make it impossible the peace process to be successful. As prove to what I said above, Benjamin Netanyahu reacted to the announcement, calling Trump’s remarks a…
